Letters: North County, Feb. 11, 2013

House values and sales have increased, the stock market has gone up, unemployment has decreased, taxes on the wealthiest among us have increased, many roads and bridges were improved (creating jobs) through the stimulus program and the costly war in Iraq has ended.

However, Obama’s initiatives were opposed by Republicans motivated not by what’s good for our country, but by their desire to deprive him of achieving a second term.

It’s time for congressional Republicans to stop behaving like playground bullies and start doing what they were elected to do — work with Democrats on passing legislation that is in the best interest of their constituents and the country.

Otherwise, they will continue to be perceived as “the stupid party” (“Stupid is as stupid does,” by Kirk Effinger, Jan. 30).

Bunny Landis

Oceanside

Questions for CO2 advocates

In defending his belief that CO2 increase is the major factor in global warming, professor Jeffrey Bada says that the evidence available is overwhelming (“Global warming redux,” Feb. 3). A couple of questions for the global-warming-caused-by-CO2 advocates:

Throughout the history of our planet, there have been periods of warming and cooling, including ice ages, and changes in the shorelines of the oceans. What is different this time?

Assuming that man-made CO2 is causing warming, how much will the new regulations intended to reduce CO2 emissions, recently imposed in California, lower the projected increase in temperature?